Ice Man1587246496 Posted July 18, 2001 Share Posted July 18, 2001 While posting in another topic, I thought of something really cool. What if, during the game setup, or in the options menu, or before a mission, you could pick the type of saber that you set out with. Perhaps, as the game advances, Kyle picks up more sabers, or decides to go throught the delicate procedure of constructing one himself (secret mission to Adega, whattayathink?), then, at the start of missions, you could have a choice of saber. You could choose one which looks the coolest to you. There might even be a special dual bladed saber, huh? Another cool thing hit me. What if, in the options menu, you could modify the length of the blade. Lightsaber have a function on them which allows the blade's length to be adjusted. Think of it! A miniblade, which would be awesome at stopping blaster fire but not so efficient in close combat...or a long blade, which takes longer to swing, but has a greater range...or just the average medium length blade for your all-around situations. Your thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoosh Posted July 18, 2001 Share Posted July 18, 2001 Sounds cool, but I'm not sure how well it would go along with the rest of the Star Wars universe...has anyone seen anything like this before? I know the length of blade can be adjusted, I'm pretty sure they adjusted blade lengths in the New Jedi Order in order to kill some of the Vong. I'm not sure about the multiple sabers though...Kyle would need a saber rack in the back of the Moldy Crow and fly an Old Republic flag or something from the back Swoosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeph Posted July 18, 2001 Share Posted July 18, 2001 Personally I think that modified sabers have been far overdone. What happened to the good old days when a simple single-bladed lightsaber was good enough for anyone? People got bored and made double lightsaber style, and the light staff... sigh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt-- Posted July 18, 2001 Share Posted July 18, 2001 yeah...i like single-blades best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Boba Rhett Posted July 18, 2001 Share Posted July 18, 2001 We've had this discussion before, I think it would be really cool if sometime in the game you would have a chance to "upgrade" you saber by perhaps finding/buying anyother crystal or maybe even finding another saber and having one in each hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSW_SSJ7Viper3k Posted July 19, 2001 Share Posted July 19, 2001 Originally posted by Xeph: <STRONG>Personally I think that modified sabers have been far overdone. What happened to the good old days when a simple single-bladed lightsaber was good enough for anyone? People got bored and made double lightsaber style, and the light staff... sigh...</STRONG> <BASEFONT COLOR="Red">Actually I was reading something at the StarWars site and found out that a Duel-Saber is the true Sith Saber. The only reason why Darth Vader had a Single bladed saber was he wasn't a truth Sith Lord. He was originaly trained as a Jedi and Turned dark. Duel-Sabers arn't because peeps are bored. Its a Sith's true weapond.</BASEFONT> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wanderer Posted July 19, 2001 Share Posted July 19, 2001 Originally posted by SSJ7Viper3k: <STRONG> <BASEFONT COLOR="Red">Actually I was reading something at the StarWars site and found out that a Duel-Saber is the true Sith Saber. The only reason why Darth Vader had a Single bladed saber was he wasn't a truth Sith Lord. He was originaly trained as a Jedi and Turned dark. Duel-Sabers arn't because peeps are bored. Its a Sith's true weapond.</BASEFONT></STRONG> ... Ok... ... Ok... I'm finally going to get myself banished from the boards... but I'm sorry, I really am sorry, I can't help from commenting on that ridiculous post. Double bladed sabers came into being because a couple years ago GL or a creative consultant said "hmmm, how can we make this Darth Maul character look cooler, hmmmm... maybe some kind of a gimmick lightsaber??" that above quote was quite possibly the dorkiest thing I have ever heard... I mean in the great legendary annals of dorkdome that one SINGLE comment is by FAR the top dork comment. It possibly contains the greatest concentrated amount of dorkosity that anyone, anywhere has EVER seen. An entier regiment of role players would have trouble coming up with a comment that lacks anywhere near as much understanding of the difference between fantasy and reality than the above quote. I mean that comment is the pure essence of "I don't know the difference between fantasy and reality" didn't these people all used to stick with Star Trek??? [ July 18, 2001: Message edited by: The Wanderer ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoosh Posted July 19, 2001 Share Posted July 19, 2001 Hmm...that's pretty interesting. I guess it must be true if starwars.com says that. I guess ALL of the dark jedi in JK were converted then, or GL just decided to do this. I guess that means in Knights of the Old Republic we will see a LOT of light staffs. Swoosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Man1587246496 Posted July 19, 2001 Author Share Posted July 19, 2001 Do you think that JKII will feature double-bladed sabers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest digl Posted July 19, 2001 Share Posted July 19, 2001 hmmm I think they havent said anything about that yet Lets hope it has But there should be advantages and disadvantages in using each saber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ZeroXcape Posted July 19, 2001 Share Posted July 19, 2001 I'm sure Raven/LEC will release a few bag 'o tricks on us. Even if they don't release a double bladed saber.... someone will make one the first week, and then someone else will perfect it the next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sincitykid Posted July 19, 2001 Share Posted July 19, 2001 Well, it's a nice idea, I can say that. It'd be nice to not only choose the color of your saber, but the general look, length, power, and speed of it as well. Longer Blade = Less Speed, Shorter Blade = More Speed, it has alot of merit but you have to realize that game developers try to make things "balanced", so one weapon doesn't overpower another by so large of a margin that it's the only shiz they use. Of course, it never works out that way in First Person Shooters, so mebbe you can disregard that last part. I am stoned and tired going to bed now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeph Posted July 19, 2001 Share Posted July 19, 2001 The Wanderer is right you know. So starwars.com says 'blah blah hoobie quiggle snarf, hoobie hoobie snarf quiggle blah, true Sith Lords use light staves'. So it just is? You do realize that they made that up just awhile ago because they hadn't had any sith lords in SW yet. So it was an open door and they could in fact add another gimmick saber without changing the SW universe too greatly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syndrix Posted July 19, 2001 Share Posted July 19, 2001 Of course as has been commented on many other lightsaber posts, the "blade" of a lightsaber is made out of energy and thus weights nothing (or very little). So it would not be practical to be able to adjust the size, because to make it "real" (in the SW universe of course) Raven would have to have the speed the same and smaller blades would be useless. Also because it is weightless the longer version would be better for blocking and with a small blade you dont have the reach to block some fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoosh Posted July 19, 2001 Share Posted July 19, 2001 I think the slowdown that would be caused by the longer saber would be more from wind resistance or some other type of resistance caused by more surface area. Now that I think about this, the light staff for true siths is really a stupid idea. The only reason Maul got one was to make him seem more dangerous and cooler to a bunch of people. Now they are taking this and polluting all of the star wars universe! Swoosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syndrix Posted July 19, 2001 Share Posted July 19, 2001 Of course this is a kind of fantasy universe so it is plausable to argue that because the saber is made of energy it isnt affected by resistances. But I wont. I'll just say that I agree with Swoosh, the novelty of the light staff wears off when everyone wants one and it invades the entire SW universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arragorn Posted July 19, 2001 Share Posted July 19, 2001 "I mean that comment is the pure essence of "I don't know the difference between fantasy and reality" Relax Wanderer, after all we are talking about a game based on this fantasy world. As for the GL and creative consultant thing...can anyone argue? Of course you are right. So what? Doesn't that add one more hypothetical fact in this fantasy world? Isn't the rest of the SW universe fantasy created by GL and a creative consultant or two? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acdcfanbill Posted July 20, 2001 Share Posted July 20, 2001 double bladed lightsabers werent even invented by GL. i remimber seeing art of some Jedi on tatoonie, riding some animal, and he had a double bladed saber. he had two hilts, with a blade between them, so, i guess it could have been called a triple bladed saber, but i think it was still called a double bladed saber. i dont remimber when i saw this, but i think it was before the Special Edition even. although i have been know to be wrong, probably a lot of the time, but does anyone else remimber this art? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeph Posted July 20, 2001 Share Posted July 20, 2001 Even if you are right, the fact is still that only lately have they taken the light staff idea and run off with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acdcfanbill Posted July 20, 2001 Share Posted July 20, 2001 run off with it? how, it was in eps 1 once, and everybody and their brother goofed with a mod for it. is that really running off with it? oh, well, maybe i guess... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainRAVE Posted July 21, 2001 Share Posted July 21, 2001 Originally posted by ZeroXcape: <STRONG>I'm sure Raven/LEC will release a few bag 'o tricks on us. Even if they don't release a double bladed saber.... someone will make one the first week, and then someone else will perfect it the next.</STRONG> ....EXACTLY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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